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recast

[ree-kast, -kahst, ree-kast, -kahst] / riˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈriˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /










VERB
revolutionize
Synonyms


VERB
rewrite
Synonyms


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It also helped it not feel awkward or gratuitous when he and the producers opted not to recast the Parton half of the song and instead let her voice carry through the speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The White House ballroom was recast as a security project; now the arch has been too.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

The character will be recast for Season 2 of HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Near the heavily fortified frontier dividing the Korean peninsula, the abandoned Woljeong-ri station is being recast as a symbol of South Korea's hopes to reconcile with the North.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Later scientific revolutions have transformed our knowledge, but they have not melted down and recast our idea of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“You Wished for This” careens from ponderous ambience to shredded digital noise; The two parts of “Love is in the Air” recasts the yearning of a classic Hollywood love theme into a blood-soaked rictus grin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The retelling of the first lady’s life recasts her as a petulant former cabaret performer who would rather be on stage than in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

The study also recasts homeobox gene TPRX2 thatencodes DNA-binding proteins.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

“Life on Delay” recasts stuttering and, in doing so, challenges long-standing attitudes toward disability.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

He also freely recasts his record of earlier events in order to bring it into accord with the traditions current in his own day.

From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent

The blending of the prosaic with the philosophical creates a recasting of Plato’s cave allegory, though Ms. Day’s proximate influences often seem more postmodern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

When respondents were asked about recasting their votes, only 84% replied they would vote again for the president.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

RidgeAlloy is made by remelting aluminum recovered from used products and recasting it into a new alloy designed to meet the strength, ductility and crash safety requirements of structural vehicle components.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

They’re like movies I edit and embroider and watch over and over again, regularly recasting the villains and updating the minor details.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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